I never had the impression that Triano was consulted about draft picks because there never seemed to be a clear impression of what the team was under him. With Casey, there is clarity that the focus is to improve defensively, so I would imagine he would be consulted on whom to draft if they are using that 5th pick. Does this mean the likely pick would be a defensive specialist like Leonard, Biyombo etc.? I'd like to think the Raptors are going to be pro active and go after a player rather than wait to see what the teams ahead of them are going to do.

What's the over/under on how long before Raptor fans start hating on him?

As soon as he starts coddling Andrea, I'm hating.

“The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.” - Martin Luther King

You know, it's funny, because over 20 years into the Mavs' franchise their track record was horrendous.

It all depends on if Colangelo gets him good soldiers.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/1987.html
That Mavs team was excellent, and had players like Sam Perkins, Derek Harper, Rolando Blackman, Declef Scrempth, and Mark Aguirre. If they'd just managed to keep Tarpley's nose clean they might have taken it all. Then they sold the ball club to Ross Perot's runt and it went to the shite-house. Didn't really recover again until Cuban bought the team. So again we see that ownership is the most important thing for any sports franchise.